21 Dec
2016
21 Dec
'16
4:06 p.m.
On Wed, Dec 21, 2016 at 5:54 PM, js at cimmeri.com <js at cimmeri.com> wrote:
On 12/17/2016 1:23 PM, Stephen Pereira wrote:
lol, I would love to hear that too if anyone knows any stories behind the
naming. Used to hurt my head to remember that it was an 8800 not an 8080.
I know the fairly well published story about the name Altair but companies
and their model numbers are always odd.
I was (finally) lucky enough to acquire an Altair
680 back in November...
Is there any logic to the naming of these Altairs? Wonder why it wasn't
"Altair 8080" and "Altair 6800". 8800 and 680 don't follow the
same
pattern.
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Had MITS made other Altairs...
Altair 8800 = 8080
8850 = 8085
8860 = 8086
8880 = 8088
8286 = 80286
8386 = 80386
680 = 6800
680 = 6809
680 = 68000
;-),
- JS
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